World Within a World.
Thunder rumbled, and after receiving the message, Jiang Li swiftly flew towards the periphery of the castle.
"Halt!"
A vast army of adventurers had the entire castle completely surrounded. Seeing Jiang Li flying alone, hundreds of level nine Star-level powerhouses swarmed towards him.
"I, Jiang Li, of Tianchen, under Three Axe Mountain!" Jiang Li announced his affiliation.
"Under the General?"
The burly man in black at the front of the group's expression shifted slightly. He immediately checked the information on his smart optical computer, which then displayed Jiang Li's basic details.
"Haha, it really is one of us!"
After confirming the information was correct, the man in black transmitted his voice using his origin energy. "Brother, do you have any Thunderstones to sell? A lot of the brothers don't have any, and we don't know who will be the unlucky one to be punished next..."
"No."
Jiang Li refused directly and then walked straight toward the castle.
"Sigh."
The man in black sighed and shouted, "Brothers, there are only a few minutes left. Good luck, everyone!"
The allied forces' encampment seemed like an impenetrable fortress, but in reality, everyone was anxious and uneasy.
Without Thunderstones, who knew when lightning would strike your head?
While traversing, Jiang Li encountered seven or eight groups of people looking to buy Thunderstones. Most of them were free adventurers captured by various forces.
Time ticked by.
When Jiang Li approached the castle, about a hundred meters away, people were coming and going, inside and out.
"Interesting."
Jiang Li shook his head slightly and strolled toward the castle.
In fact,
Most people didn't have Thunderstones. Coming and going was just a way to cover their tracks, not wanting other forces to know who had exchanged for the treasures.
Thus.
This was entirely beneficial to Jiang Li.
"A bunch of fools, thinking they can hide anything this way?"
In the Black Dragon Mountain's sacred grounds, Ninth Prince, Bolin, watched the bustling crowds and sneered, "Keep a close watch. Anyone who exchanges for an Inheritance Crystal, arrest them all. Those who resist, kill them..."
"Yes, Your Highness."
The bodyguard acknowledged and signaled his men to enter the castle.
"Your Highness, this is the fourth unit's submission of 1 million Thunderstones."
Soon, another burly man in black combat armor flew to the Ninth Prince and respectfully offered a Space Bracer.
"Very good. This 10,000 Thunderstones goes to the Fourth Troop."
Ninth Prince, Bolin took a Space Bracer and tossed a small one to the burly man in black: "Tell the other troops to collect Thunderstones quickly. Once I get the Triple Password, everyone will be handsomely rewarded!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
The burly man in black acknowledged and quickly left.
"Your Highness, the Third Troop has delivered 1.8 million Thunderstones!"
"Your Highness, the Second Troop has delivered 1.3 million Thunderstones!"
It had to be said, Black Dragon Mountain had strength in numbers. Soon, Ninth Prince, Bolin had gathered 10 million Thunderstones: "Let's go. We'll go exchange for the first part of the Triple Password!"
With a wave of his hand, Ninth Prince, Bolin was surrounded by a large group of bodyguards, and they swaggered toward the castle.
At the same time.
The Gloomy Ancient Castle, faint light touching the surface of more than a dozen old houses.
Jiang Li followed the instructions of the AI and entered one of the old houses. The mottled walls shimmered, projecting a list similar to the one on the sky screen before.
However, the one in front of Jiang Li was much smaller.
But, this didn't affect his operation.
"Little guy, if you don't exchange for treasures, hurry up and get out. Otherwise, if I get angry, I'll chop you to death here."
The voice echoed in the old house, slightly discontent.
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Jiang Li flipped his hand, and a pile of Thunderstones tumbled out.
"Not bad!"
Along with the sound, a projection appeared in front of Jiang Li. The old man with the white beard's phantom gradually materialized, its surface shimmering with light, extremely similar to Babata's state on the Yunmo Star.
"Tell me, what do you want to exchange?" The old man with the white beard smiled at Jiang Li.
"This, this..."
When Jiang Li pointed his fair right hand towards the Inheritance Crystal and his bank account, the old man with the white beard frowned tightly.
Wow, this kid was pulling the same trick as the ones who came before, trying to amuse the old man, right?
"Besides these two..."
Facing the frowning old man, Jiang Li said calmly, "I want everything else!"
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"So it was you, kid, who stole my Thunderstone!"
The light surrounding the old man with the white beard became much more dazzling. He smiled, but his eyes didn't reach his smile. "Interesting, very interesting!"
"Can you really call it stealing?"
Jiang Li watched the light around the old man's body fluctuate, his eyes narrowed slightly, ready to bolt at any moment.
"Haha, don't be nervous, little one."
The old man with the white beard stroked his small beard and laughed. "I'm just curious, why did you collect so many Thunderstones in advance?"
Hearing this.
Jiang Li pondered for a moment, then sighed softly, "I'm good at everything..."
"I just have a bit of a thing for collecting stones."
"Oh?"
The white-bearded old man was quite surprised, blinking his eyes. "In that case, it's all down to your luck."
"If my master had your luck, perhaps he wouldn't have fallen."
The white-bearded man sighed.
Jiang Li didn't know how Lord Kabu had fallen.
But to fall... it was likely due to bad luck.
The white-bearded old man, with light swirling around him, was melancholy for a while before he spoke. "Besides the Inheritance Crystal ball holding the complete set of space secret methods, the bank account information, and my master's deposit account, there are 309 treasures, a total of 85.2 million Thunder Dew Stones."
"Each space ring here has 20 million."
"The last one has 5.2 million."
Jiang Li flipped his hand and passed over five space rings. He had killed quite a few stellar-level beings, so naturally, he had many space rings in his possession.
"Oh?"
The white-bearded old man raised his hand, and space ring 927 flew into his palm. After a flash of light, he nodded slightly: "Not bad, 85.2 million Thunderstones, not one more or less."
"The goods are received."
With a flip of the white-bearded old man's hand, a 'clatter' sound immediately rang out. Large quantities of treasures appeared from the floating light, and for a moment, the atmosphere of the entire old house became mottled and complex. At times it was icy cold, at times scorching hot, and at times it was suffused with light, with a fragrant aroma pervading…
"Fifth-rank top-grade mental strength weapon, Starfall Pendant!"
Some more valuable items didn't even make the white-bearded old man bat an eye. However, when this fifth-rank, high-grade mental strength weapon appeared, a hint of reluctance flashed across his face.
The Starfall Pendant appeared.
The surrounding space seemed to tremble slightly. The Starfall Pendant, which resembled an octagonal diamond shield, was etched with extremely complex secret patterns, millions of times more complex than those on the Falling Star Disc.
The strange secret patterns caused the interior of the octagonal diamond Starfall Pendant to expand infinitely, as if incorporating all the stars in the sky.
In fact, that was exactly what it did.
"Kid, this is my master's mental strength weapon. Its value is far more than 3 million Thunderstones!"
The white-bearded old man reminisced about his glorious days following Lord Kabu, his face filled with reluctance. "'The Starfall Pendant's secret patterns are engraved with nine layers of space, and inside, there are 10,081 Falling Stars that my master refined at the cost of countless wealth..."
"It's a pity…"
"You're just a mere star-level, fifth-stage kid. It's probably impossible for you to make my master's 'Falling Stars' reappear in the universe…"
The mental strength weapon, at the fifth stage and of the highest quality, had secret patterns extremely close to the fundamental laws of the universe. To truly activate it, one generally needed to be at the Lord level.
Of course, some domain lords with a deep understanding of the laws could also activate it.
For star-level or universe-level beings, being able to comprehend one or two laws was already considered monstrous, let alone understanding the laws thoroughly and achieving perfect fusion!
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